British Rail Class D1/3

British Rail Class D1/3
No. D2958 in BR green livery at Stratford MPD
Type and origin Power type Diesel-mechanical Builder Ruston & Hornsby Serial number 390774, 390777 Build date 1956 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0 DM  • UIC B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 3 ft 4 in (1.016 m) Loco weight 28.00 long tons (28.45 t; 31.36 short tons) Prime mover Ruston 6VPHL Transmission Mechanical, Ruston gearbox MU working Not fitted Train heating None Train brakes None
Performance figures Maximum speed 15 mph (24 km/h) Power output Engine: 165 bhp (123 kW) Tractive effort 14,350 lbf (63.8 kN)
Career Operators British Railways Class DY5, later D1/3, later 1/16. No TOPS class. Numbers 11507, 11508; D2957, D2958 from 1958 Axle load class Route availability 3 Retired 1967–1968 Disposition One sold for industrial use, one scrapped.

British Rail Class D1/3 (formerly DY1) was a locomotive class commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Ruston & Hornsby at their Iron Works in Lincoln. In appearance, it was similar to British Rail Class 97/6, but with an 0-4-0 wheel arrangement.

D2958 was later sold for use at C.F. Booth Ltd., Rotherham.

Allocations

D2957

Delivered as 11507, renumbered April 1958. Delivered to Immingham Shed in March 1956, moved to Stratford Shed in January 1957. It was then moved to Goole Shed in August 1966 but stored at Hull Dairycoates. It was withdrawn in March 1967 and moved to Slag Reduction, Ickles, Rotherham for scrap in June and was cut up by August.

D2958

Delivered as 11508, renumbered March 1958. Delivered to Immingham Shed in May 1956, moved to Stratford Shed in December 1956. It was withdrawn in January 1968 when it was sold to C.F. Booth in Rotherham, moving there in May 1968. It continued in use at the companies South Yorkshire yard until 1981 when it was taken out of use; it was scrapped in October 1984.

See also

• List of British Rail classes

Sources

• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (Winter 1962/3 ed.). p. 204.

Further reading

• British Railways. Standard Locomotive Diagrams (PDF). British Railways Board. p. 5 (per pdf), DM/102/1 – via Barrowmore MRG.